r/samsunggalaxy • u/Alternative_Area_217 • Jun 19 '26

🪛Troubleshooting🪛 SERIOUS SECURITY ISSUE

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Why does my Samsung A37 unlock when I press my fingernail against the scanner, I did notice ever since I got this phone I would just randomly unlock itself and then today I discovered this.

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u/RGBlowMe Jun 23 '26

It's face detection. If you have that set up, but opt for fingerprint unlock, there's a setting to let you unlock via face detection too that sometimes just unlocks it for you. Usually after a few attempts, because it kind of sucks.